WFC News Archive for September 2013

The time for potential competitors to take their shot at food fame and fortune is quickly ticking away! The WildCard Draw is open and applications are currently being accepted. The deadline to submit an application is this Friday, Oct. 4 at 5PM PDT. If you’re not already in the field of competitors, this is your chance to make your best case for why you should be included in the ultimate food fight!

The 2013 World Food Championships features an exciting tournament structure that will create culinary drama while truly highlighting all competitors’ abilities to create a recipe and work within their defined field as they try to set themselves apart from the rest of the field. Competitors in each category will have multiple rounds of turn-ins and competitions as they seek food, fame and fortune in Las Vegas. The World Food Championships is pleased to share the specific requirements of the various builds for each category today (9/27/13). The competitor packets will be updated with this information at the beginning of next week.

The World Food Championships announced today a partnership with The Bison Council that will integrate bison as a protein option into the second annual World Food Championships, which will be held in Las Vegas, Nov. 7-10 at the Fremont Street Experience and Fremont East District. As a partner to the World Food Championships, The Bison Council with High Plains Bison will provide products for use as featured ingredients in two of the seven competition categories occurring throughout the weekend.

Education Notebook, Sept. 24-30 View Staff HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS INVITED TO SIGN UP FOR SINGING COMPETITION Above the Belt invites Las Vegas high school students to sign up for a singing competition planned for Sept.

The World Food Championships announced today that the Kenmore® brand is the Official Kitchen Appliance of the 2013 competition. The Kenmore brand will provide kitchen equipment and appliances for competitors in the burger, sandwich, recipe, bacon and dessert categories during the competition weekend. The 2013 World Food Championships will take place Nov.

Monday, September 23, 2013 by:Steve Barnes, senior writer Orlando Ric Orlando, the chef, author, food activist and media personality behind New World Home Cooking in Saugerties and New World Bistro Bar in Albany, tells me he has been named the Northeast finalist in US Foods’ Next Top Product competition for his signature Eggplant Balls, a vegetarian adaptation of Neapolitan meatballs.

Reser’s second annual “America’s Best Potato Salad Challenge” asked cooks to get creative and submit their best potato salad recipe. Hundreds of submissions poured in from across the nation. Reser’s culinary team evaluated the entries and selected the top 20. Then, Reser’s asked America to cast its vote to help determine which lucky contestants would win a trip to this year’s World Food Championships in Las Vegas (Nov 7-10).

The World Food Championships (WFC) and Las Vegas announced a partnership today further extending the culinary competition’s integration with the top epicurean destination. The World Food Championships are slated to takeover the Fremont Street Experience, the Fremont East District and Downtown 3rd District, Nov. 7-10, where more than 400 competitors will seek ultimate bragging rights and their piece of the event’s $300,000 prize purse.